Season will be a rollercoaster, Ruben Amorim warns as Man United battle for form
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Ruben Amorim has warned Manchester United’s campaign will continue to be a “rollercoaster” as players try to adjust to his system mid-season. It took a stunning 12-minute hat-trick from Amad Diallo for United to come from behind late on and beat Premier League basement boys Southampton 3-1 on Thursday night, after a first half in which the optimism from good recent results away to Liverpool and Southampton threatened to disappear.
Even in victory, the need for a late fightback left big questions for United given they were up against a side with only six points from 21 Premier League games, on course for the worst campaign in league history. Amorim, whose warning in early December that the “storm will come” for United preceded a run of six defeats in eight, admitted after Thursday’s victory that more ups and downs are inevitable.
“I think it’s going to be hard until the end of the season,” Amorim said. “It’s going to be a little bit that rollercoaster. Then it depends on the time you have to train. We are still in the cup and we have UEFA games for the Europa League.
“Then it’s important also to focus on next Thursday (when Rangers visit Old Trafford) to win and to try to be in that top eight. In that way you can take two games from the schedule and have a full week so we are trying to do everything at the same time.
